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N99 Problem: Game "hangs" after five minutes...

colt

N99 Problem: Game "hangs" after five minutes...

by colt » Thu, 21 Jan 1999 04:00:00

I have this problem whether in Dos or windows...anyone else had this
problem....no matter what I am running it seems that N99 hangs my
machine after 5 minutes of game play...I have 80megs RAM so that
shouldn't be the problem,,,I run the 3dfx version on a Raven Banshee
card with 16 megs...I have a Pent200 and I reduce my running apps to
almost nothing and it still hangs....any suggestions...?? Oh the card
I have is a PCI bus and I even set my PCI latency to 128....help...
Vic Lombard

N99 Problem: Game "hangs" after five minutes...

by Vic Lombard » Thu, 21 Jan 1999 04:00:00


>I have this problem whether in Dos or windows...anyone else had this
>problem....no matter what I am running it seems that N99 hangs my
>machine after 5 minutes of game play...I have 80megs RAM so that
>shouldn't be the problem,,,I run the 3dfx version on a Raven Banshee
>card with 16 megs...I have a Pent200 and I reduce my running apps to
>almost nothing and it still hangs....any suggestions...?? Oh the card
>I have is a PCI bus and I even set my PCI latency to 128....help...

I run the same config, but my Banshee is a Monster Fusion and it runs great.
Maybe you should get the 3dfx reference drivers and possibly reinstall the
game. It could be something with the video drivers, I would guess, something
along those lines.
Ben Farnema

N99 Problem: Game "hangs" after five minutes...

by Ben Farnema » Thu, 21 Jan 1999 04:00:00

Could be a thermal problem.  Have you tried running with the case open, or
checked the temp of your processor or banshee card?

>I have this problem whether in Dos or windows...anyone else had this
>problem....no matter what I am running it seems that N99 hangs my
>machine after 5 minutes of game play...I have 80megs RAM so that
>shouldn't be the problem,,,I run the 3dfx version on a Raven Banshee
>card with 16 megs...I have a Pent200 and I reduce my running apps to
>almost nothing and it still hangs....any suggestions...?? Oh the card
>I have is a PCI bus and I even set my PCI latency to 128....help...

Lee Wilbor

N99 Problem: Game "hangs" after five minutes...

by Lee Wilbor » Sat, 23 Jan 1999 04:00:00

Try making sure the power management or screensaver isnt turning on. I have
seen this cause problems too.



>>I have this problem whether in Dos or windows...anyone else had this
>>problem....no matter what I am running it seems that N99 hangs my
>>machine after 5 minutes of game play...I have 80megs RAM so that
>>shouldn't be the problem,,,I run the 3dfx version on a Raven Banshee
>>card with 16 megs...I have a Pent200 and I reduce my running apps to
>>almost nothing and it still hangs....any suggestions...?? Oh the card
>>I have is a PCI bus and I even set my PCI latency to 128....help...

>I run the same config, but my Banshee is a Monster Fusion and it runs
great.
>Maybe you should get the 3dfx reference drivers and possibly reinstall the
>game. It could be something with the video drivers, I would guess,
something
>along those lines.

Larr

N99 Problem: Game "hangs" after five minutes...

by Larr » Thu, 28 Jan 1999 04:00:00

Do you have your 3dfx overclocked (if that's possible with that card)?

That's a classic symptom of an over-heated 3dfx board...

-Larry


> I have this problem whether in Dos or windows...anyone else had this
> problem....no matter what I am running it seems that N99 hangs my
> machine after 5 minutes of game play...I have 80megs RAM so that
> shouldn't be the problem,,,I run the 3dfx version on a Raven Banshee
> card with 16 megs...I have a Pent200 and I reduce my running apps to
> almost nothing and it still hangs....any suggestions...?? Oh the card
> I have is a PCI bus and I even set my PCI latency to 128....help...

Larr

N99 Problem: Game "hangs" after five minutes...

by Larr » Thu, 28 Jan 1999 04:00:00

That's a good one too :)

> Try making sure the power management or screensaver isnt turning on. I have
> seen this cause problems too.

Morta

N99 Problem: Game "hangs" after five minutes...

by Morta » Thu, 28 Jan 1999 04:00:00


>> I have this problem whether in Dos or windows...anyone else had this
>> problem....no matter what I am running it seems that N99 hangs my
>> machine after 5 minutes of game play...I have 80megs RAM so that
>> shouldn't be the problem,,,I run the 3dfx version on a Raven Banshee
>> card with 16 megs...I have a Pent200 and I reduce my running apps to
>> almost nothing and it still hangs....any suggestions...?? Oh the card
>> I have is a PCI bus and I even set my PCI latency to 128....help...

Screen savers? Power management?
Chris
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N99 Problem: Game "hangs" after five minutes...

by Don Hancoc » Thu, 28 Jan 1999 04:00:00



>Screen savers? Power management?

    I'm sure you're just joking, but for those that DON'T know, there is one
part of power management that everyone overlooks (myself included all too
often): in Control Panel there's an icon for "Power".  Check for when
Win95/98 puts your drive to sleep.  This can happen EVEN IF YOU'VE DISABLED
POWER MANAGEMENT in BIOS (probably doesn't apply in _this_ case, though).

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